Lance Corporal Bateman served with 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA), and was killed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on 12 June 2008.
by Paradata Editor
Lance Corporal James Bateman
{Jay} -
January 11th 1979 – June 12th 2008
| 2003 – 2007 | Iraq (Operation Telic) |
| 01/10/1969 – 01/07/2007 | Northern Ireland (Operation Banner) |
| 01/04/2008 – 01/10/2008 | Afghanistan (Operation Herrick VIII) |
| 2002 | The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA), (Lance Corporal) |
- Jay Bateman at FOB Gibraltar, Afghanistan, 2008 by Mark Magreehan
- Jay Bateman on patrol, Afghanistan, 2008 by Mark Magreehan
- Mark Magreehan with the late James Bateman prior to a commemorative Normandy jump by Mark Magreehan
- The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) by Paradata Editor
- Afghanistan (Operation Herrick VIII) by Paradata Editor
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RIP Jay. I remember meeting you when I first joined 2 Para. RIP Airborne Brother ++
RIP Airborne. Gone but not forgotten. Truly Airborne now Jay mate +++